Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine 2m
Source close to situation says Rockets believe they will have commitment "soon" for Chris Bosh to come to Houston
Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine 2m
Source close to situation says Rockets believe they will have commitment "soon" for Chris Bosh to come to Houston
Grin&MartyBarret said:
My favorite theory right now--which I made up myself--is that LeBron is ice cold and is still planning on Cleveland but is going to screw Houston and Bosh in the process in order to put one less great team between him and a title.
Wade is going to sign a 4 year deal worth a lot of money. I think he will be alrightCellar-Door said:Dwyane Wade is probably pretty pissed right now.
Lebron better get him in a commercial or something.
When I left Detroit to play for the Heat, I rented a house on Star Island in Miami Beach, across from Rony Seikaly. He was living in the house that Shaq later paid $19 million for; Rony built it for $2.5 million. Anyway, my house got robbed, and he let me, my daughter, and my wife move into his place for a week. Seikaly was one of my guys. He knew I wasn't there to take his job; I was there to play power forward. One day, he says to me, "Hey, man, how do you play all the way into June?" Remember, I'd been with the Pistons for six seasons and made the playoffs every year. I say, "What'd you say?" He goes, "The playoffs, third round, you guys play all the way to, like, June 28."
"Uh, that's what you do when you win a championship," I say.
"But you only get paid from November to April. That's taking too much of the summer, man. This is ridiculous."
I say: "Well, playing for a championship is about pride. It's not about money."
He says: "It has to be, because this is some bullshit. You guys play an extra two months."
And I was like, holy shit. I didn't even realize it. I was playing an extra two-and-a-half months, for free.
swingin val said:Wade is going to sign a 4 year deal worth a lot of money. I think he will be alright
Future Sox Doc said:Great letter.
http://www.si.com/nba/2014/07/11/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers
That's the way you announce something. Very well done.
Cerebus the Batboy said:
Agreed. I can feel my sports-hate for him evaporating. Dammit. Good luck, Cleveland!
RedOctober3829 said:Ha classic. I can't believe he's built a career out of being LeBron's water boy.
Ken Berger @KBergCBS 41s
Pat Riley's response has been an aggressive effort to keep Dywane Wade and Chris Bosh. Can confirm Bosh has 5-yr max offer to stay.
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA 1m
Chris Bosh is finalizing an agreement to return to Miami on a five-year, $118M deal, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
Austin Walton @WSMG_Austin 5m
Chris Bosh deal with the Heat looks like a sign-and-trade to me with the Rockets
Sam Amick @sam_amick 19s
Can confirm those numbers on Bosh (5 for $118 mil) - a lot of dough. Wade appears likely to return as well. Miami moving quickly here.
CaptainLaddie said:Melo, Bosh and Wade in Miami wouldn't be the worst thing for them, obviously.
axx said:Guess Bosh couldn't turn down the extra 30 mill + no income tax. Don't spend it all in one place.
axx said:Guess Bosh couldn't turn down the extra 30 mill + no income tax. Don't spend it all in one place.
wade boggs chicken dinner said:
Guess Bosh doesn't care about competing for championships any more.
BigSoxFan said:Name the teams that would be in a better position than a Rockets team with Howard, Bosh, Parson, and Harden.
Blacken said:Howard-Bosh-Parsons-Harden-anybody is better than OKC. No worse than LAC. Much, much better than a puncher's chance against San Antonio.
The idea that they would not be competing for championships is fucking insane.
Blacken said:The idea that they would not be competing for championships is fucking insane.
BigSoxFan said:Good job completely changing the point of your post. You said that the Rockets with Bosh wouldn't have been a title contender. That claim, as others have pointed out, is ludicrous.
BigSoxFan said:Name the teams that would be in a better position than a Rockets team with Howard, Bosh, Parson, and Harden.
luckiestman said:Man I hate Hardens game but Howard, Bosh, Parsons and Harden would be my title pick (I love McHale but they need a better coach).
San Antonio crushed Miami but it is causing people to overrate them going forward. They didn't exactly waltz through the playoffs
Thank you! Who turns down more money while remaining where they are happy? Most wouldn't turn down more money anyway.Three10toLeft said:Who the hell would turn down an extra guaranteed 30 million to chase a championship in Houston, when you can at least still be competitive in Miami since you're still in the East?
I'm tired of this narrative that these guys should be giving up all these crazy sums of money at the chance at a title.
I'd imagine Phoenix with Bledsoe is similar to Hayward in Utah where the CBA max makes it impossible to pry him away. There is still the Dragic trade talk out there too.....I'm guessing the Suns know Bledsoe isn't going anywhere.BigSoxFan said:I think Bledsoe would be a very good signing for Houston. There are tons of good PGs that you have to defend in the WC. Problem is that if they match Parsons' offer sheet, I don't think that they could put together an offer sheet for Bledsoe that Phoenix wouldn't match.